THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE

1876
Overview

Faded red linen cover with illustration in colour. Gold lettering on spine very faded. Title page illustrated, with inscription 'I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute' COWPER. The Household Robinson Crusoe carefully reprinted from the original. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. Written by Himself. With an introductory memoir of Daniel De Foe. A Memoir of Alexander Selkirk, an account of Peter Serrano, and other interesting additions. Illustrated with upward of seventy engravings by Keeley Halswelle, a portrait of De Foe, a map of Robinson Crusoe's Island, De Foe's Tomb, Facsimiles of original Title-Pages, etc., etc. 654 pages, illustrated.

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cwa-org-51-B2006.33
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DE FOE, Daniel

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Late 19th Century novel, still popular reading up to present day.

Albany Historical Society Inc

Albany Historical Society Inc

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